Wednesday, September 14, 2016

MCD Ward Delimitation - Death Knell for Planned Developed Colonies

To
The State Election Commissioner,
State Election Commission (SEC), Delhi,
New Delhi.

Sub.: MCD Ward Delimitation - Death Knell for Planned Developed Colonies

Sir,

At the outset I wish state that SEC’s Ad. Does not give E-Mail Id for filing of Suggestions, also the Principles of Delimitation as posted on the website have not been followed properly:-

A. Maps of newly demarcated Constituencies have not been posted for citizens to see if Clauses 2 and 3 of ‘Principles of Delimitation’ have been followed.

B. Contiguous Areas of a colony have been randomly placed and in no specific order making it difficult to spot Omissions and Commissions.

C.  NEHRU PLACE - We notice Part of Nehru Place is in Greater Kailash Ward 086-S and a part that was earlier in Ward 192 (GK) has been placed in Kalkaji Ward 090-S both now under two separate Assembly Constituencies.

D. SHAHPUR JAT – a small section of 347 votes of Shahpur Jat has been placed in Chiraag Dilli, while the Major part has been shifted to GK.

E. EAST of KAILASH - Various areas and Blocks of East of Kailash are listed under three Constituencies ie. GK, Srinivas Puri and Kalkaji spreading across two separate Assembly Constituencies.

F. FINALLY: The question is, why have all attempts to streamline MCD come to naught? Doubling of Councillors and Delimitation in 2007 and Trifurcation of MCD in 2012 ...... were experiments carried out to achieve a POLITICAL STRANGLEHOLD RATHER THAN TO ACHIEVE EFFICIENCY.

The latest attempt at Delimitation of MCD Wards on the basis of Population is again aimed at Political Hold over the most Vulnerable section. No one is against development of deprived sections of the city but tilting the balance of Political Power on the basis of Population alone will create animosity amongst fellow citizens.

TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE NO SOCIAL / FINANCIAL AUDIT HAS EVER BEEN CARRIED OUT TO FIND OUT THE OUTCOME OF ALL PREVIOUS EXPERIMENTS MENTIONED ABOVE ...... WE NEED ANSWERS.
1.  CONTENTION: Issue of Bogus / Dual Voters is unresolved.

SOLUTION: Delimitation should be put on HOLD till EC convinces Citizens that there are no Bogus / Dual Voters. (Copy of Full CIC Order dated 13-01-15 to an RTI attached) ...... Extract ...... “Appellant said that because of criterion that MP or Councillor’s recommendation substituting the proof of residence, there are huge number of bogus votes in Delhi constituency which has capacity of rendering the whole process of elections in Delhi into a farce.  The Election officers are trying to delay and deny the information instead of providing as he sought for. When an affidavit by elected members of Parliament or Municipal  Councillors could be the basis of giving a voter card, what action the government would take  in case one single person getting more than one voter card? He said that answers to his questions would lead to detection of bogus voters and their elimination, which is highly essential to protect public interest and democratic process. 

The Commission finds huge public interest in the appellant’s RTI application which should have been answered long ago. It is surprising that the First Appellate Authority issued such an order as if it was without application of mind. In the context of the admission about mistakes and huge bogus votes in Delhi by Chief Electoral Officer of National Capital in a PIL before Delhi High Court, the problem appears to be more serious and complex. It is shocking to know that there are 58000 cases of wrong photo image, including that of a film star on a common man’s voter card, an in-depth inquiry into residential addresses with MP recommendation criterion might reveal more bogus votes. As there is a possibility of correction of voters list, the Commission recommends the respondent authority to examine the issue raised by the appellant and if that could be used to detect the bogus voter cards, such an initiative should be adopted immediately ....... “

2. CONTENTION: The status of Unauthorised Colonies and Encroachments on Public Land is Subjudice / Undetermined.

SOLUTION: Delimitation should be put on HOLD till the Status is Cleared by Supreme Court.                                                                                        
3. CONTENTION: Exponential Population Growth in some wards is not Natural and has A SKEWED MALE/FEMALE SEX RATIO.(Population chart attached)
SOLUTION: Investigate presence of large number of migrants who have obtained Voter Cards in Delhi while they continue to Vote in Native State/Panchayat Elections. A Panchayat / BPL / Ration Card is a Valid Identity Document in other states. The Law is clear that no citizen can Vote in two parts of a country. Start Awareness Drive and Prosecute those having Dual Domicile. Link all Voter I Cards to Adhaar to weed out Duplicate/Bogus Voters.
4. CONTENTION: MPD-2021 places a Legal Bar on number of Dwelling Units, Building Bye Laws prevent exponential growth in PLANNED DEVELOPED COLONIES, while there are NO SUCH CONTROLS over Villages / Unauthorised Colonies / JJ Clusters etc. where each floor has many small ill-lit rooms with no control on number of occupiers or dwelling units, far exceeding MPD provisions.
SOLUTION: Stop exploitation of Migrants for Vote Banks and CREATE LAWS FOR THEM TO AVAIL OF VARIOUS WELFARE PROGRAMMES, without being forced into seeking Duplicate Voter Cards.  (Introduce Green Card Concept)
5. CONTENTION: Illogical Population Criteria for Delimitation, while increasing Geographical Spread.
SOLUTION: A balance of Geographical Spread, Population, Tax Collection, Infrastructure requirement etc must all be given due weightage. Democracy does not mean Majoritarianism, if the same formula were to be applied in Assam / West Bengal / Bihar / UP etc, then many High Density Areas would get many more MLA Wards ....... if such Delimitation is not acceptable there, then why such need in Municipal Wards.
6. CONTENTION: Populism and Discriminatory deployment of funds will be the net outcome of Population Based Delimitation. The Ministers, Mayor, Chairmen of Committees etc will now be from areas with more Councillors. Areas with SIX COUNCILLORS WILL GET DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF LAD FUNDS. Larger Geographical spread requires more funds due to Longer/Wider Road Network, Larger Parks, more Street lights, larger surface area for Sanitation, larger Network of Drains for desilting etc and such areas pay higher Taxes.
SOLUTION: Wide discussion with RWAs, Sociologists and Weeding out Dual Voters must be ensured before delimitation. Due weightage must be given to other factors and not just Population.
7. CONTENTION: Discriminatory towards Law Abiding Tax Payers in Planned Developed Colonies who are already disillusioned with Vote Bank Politics.
SOLUTION: Create Constituencies that balance Equitable Social Development, by ensuring franchise to Genuine Stake Holders and not freebees seeking Captive Bogus Voters.
CHETNA (NGO) and Rajiv Kakria (Social Activist) had earlier filed a PIL to end Boothwise declaration of election results, so that absolute secrecy of Vote is maintained to AVOID EXPLOITATION OF POOR AND RICH ALIKE (Law Commission has now cleared the proposal for future Elections). That is when we had discovered many loopholes in the process of making Voter Cards for Political Stranglehold.
These are preliminary submissions, I request you to give an opportunity to elaborate in person along with fellow activists so that our concerns are suitably addressed.

Warm Regards,

Rajiv Kakria
Social Activist

Deaths possible in Chikungunya : WHO

While Delhi Health Minister says that deaths not possible in case of Chikungunya, WHO has something else to tell : 

Most patients recover fully, but in some cases joint pain may persist for several months, or even years. Occasional cases of eye, neurological and heart complications have been reported, as well as gastrointestinal complaints. Serious complications are not common, but in older people, the disease can contribute to the cause of death. Often symptoms in infected individuals are mild and the infection may go unrecognized, or be misdiagnosed in areas where dengue occurs.


In December 2013, France reported 2 laboratory-confirmed autochthonous cases in the French part of the Caribbean island of St Martin. Since then, local transmission has been confirmed in over 43 countries and territories in the WHO Region of the Americas. This is the first documented outbreak of chikungunya with autochthonous transmission in the Americas. As of April 2015, over 1 379 788 suspected cases of Chikungunya have been recorded in the Caribbean islands, Latin American countries, and the United States of America. 191 deaths have also been attributed to this disease during the same period. Canada, Mexico and USA have also recorded imported cases.

with thanks : WHO
www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs327/en/


B S Vohra
Social Activist
www.RWABhagidari.com
www.RWABhagidari.blogspot.in

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Suggestion for metro fare !

Dear Sir,

In my knowledge, as per report of metro fare committee slab rate declared is Rs.10, 15, 20, 30, 40 ,50.  Metro wants to fare double through new slab system.  Metro wants to collect the maximum fare through last three slabs i.e. Rs.30, 40, 50 and the metro wants give the minimum travel through begining three slabs Rs.10, 15, 20. Now the metro is showing Rs.250 crores loss per year and the earning above Rs.2000 crores per year, means loss is 10 to 12% only. so can increase the fare up to 10% maximum. but metro wants the fare double through new slab system, which shows no loss from passenger fare, because all passengers travelling with ticket and no with out ticket and metro earning the income from also other sources like: land, kiosks, shops, shopping mall, parking, banquet hall, marriage functions, other functions and any other some sources etc.

Metro have the 50 seats in one Coach, but 300 to 350 passengers are travelling in one Coach with tickets.  Standing passengers also travelling with tickets 30 lakhs approx. travelling on daily basis.  In my opinion DMRC earning the income Rs.5.0 Cr. to 6.0 Cr. on Daily basis from passenger fares only.  After complete the three phase and fourth phase, passengers will be double. i.e. upto 60 lakhs approx.

After increased the metro fare, other fare also to be increased like : DTC fare, Private Bus fare, Auto fare, taxi fare, Gramin Sewa fare, transportation etc.  So, market will be increased and maximum items to be increased in market.  In my opinion no need for increased the fare, otherwise passenger can be reduce and can go to own vehicles etc. 

Note: i) India is a poor country and not an U.S.A. and not a Singapore.  So, you can not compare from other Rich Country.  If DMRC want to increase the fare, then can be increased up to 10% maximum.  First. If government want to increase the growth and purchasing power of  Indain Public, then you can withdraw the money from public pocket  in the way of metro fare.  Please earn the income from other sources.

Thanks,

Adesh Jain

मेरी दिल्ली मेरी शान - छा गए मच्छर निकली जान !

मेरी दिल्ली मेरी शान - छा गए मच्छर निकली जान












भाई वाह, क्या बात है, दिल्ली वाले तो डेंगू और चिकनगुनया से बीमार हो रहे हैं, और आज तो 5 लोगों के मरने की खबर भी आ गई, लेकिन दिल्ली के बड़े बड़े नेता लोग, दिल्ली मे ना होकर कही दूर हैं. LG साहिब USA मे हैं, हमारे दिल्ली के माननीय CM साहिब, रोम से आकर, 5 दिनो के पंजाब दौरे के बाद, अब बंगलुरु मे 10 दिनो के लिए अपना इलाज करवा रहे हैं (भगवान उनको सेहत बक्शे). 

दिल्ली के डेप्युटी CM साहिब फिनलॅंड मे हैं. दिल्ली के श्रम मंत्री अपने श्रम का 12 दिनो का योगदान देने (?) छत्तीस्गड् मे हैं. एक अन्य मंत्री महोदय हज की यात्रा पर हैं (अल्लाह उनकी मुरादें पूरी करे) और जब शोर मचा तो दिल्ली के सबसे वरिष्ठ मंत्री जो की गोआ मे पार्टी का परचार कर रहे थे, भाग कर दिल्ली पहुँच गए. अभी तो दिल्ली के मेयर्स का हाल भी सुन लो. एक तो शायद अलवर मे हैं और दूसरे USA मे.  अब ऐसे मे दिल्ली आख़िर किसके भरोसे पे चल रही है, खुदा जाने. 

चुनावों से पहले अरविंद केजरीवाल ने दावा किया था कि पूरे 5 साल वो दिल्ली मे बैठेंगे और दिल्ली के लिए काम करेंगे लकिन अभी दो रोज पहले वो पंजाब मे बोल रहे थे कि अब वो अपना खूँटा पंजाब मे बाँध कर वहीं बैठेंगे. कल कोई और स्टेट नज़र आ गई तो शायद उनका खूँटा, उनके साथ साथ उधर ही शिफ्ट हो जाएगा. वैसे भी दिल्ली मे उनके पास कोई ज़िम्मेदारी तो है नही, कोई भी मिनिस्ट्री या डिपार्टमेंट उनके पास नही है. ऐसे मे वो दिल्ली मे हों या ना हों क्या फरक पड़ता है.

अब कोर्ट का तो यह आदेश था कि अगर किसी भी मुद्दे पर दिल्ली सरकार और LG साहिब में टकराव होता है तो फाइनल डिसिशन LG साहिब की होगी. लेकिन अगर दिल्ली सरकार यह बोलने लगे कि डेंगू और चिकनगुनया फैल रहा है तो LG से बात करो, बुखार से लोग मर रहे हैं तो यह सिर्फ़ LG साहिब की ज़िम्मेदारी है तो मुझे लगता है कि ये ग़लत होगा. 

यह तो मानने की बात है की इस बार दिल्ली मे MCD की नींद देर से खुली और वो फॉगिंग शुरू करवाने मे लेट हो गई जिस करके दिल्ली की यह हालत हुई. अगर MCD ने वक़्त रहते अपने काम शुरू कर दिया होता तो शायद दिल्ली वाले आज इतनी मुश्किल मे नही होते. अब जब उनकी तरफ से फॉगिंग की शुरुआत हो गई है तो उनकी जंग लगी मशीने ढंग से काम भी नही कर पा रही हैं.

लेकिन क्या दिल्ली सरकार अपनी ज़िम्मेदारी से मुकर सकती है. दो करोड़ की पॉप्युलेशन वाली दिल्ली के सरकारी हॉस्पिटल्स मे 3000 डेंगू व चिकनगुनया के मरीजों के इलाज के लिए बेड नही हैं. लंबी लाइन लगी हुई हैं मरीजों की. एक एक बेड पर दो दो लोग अपना इलाज करवा रहे है. डॉक्टर्स और स्टाफ की कमी भी सॉफ नज़र आ रही है. 











कोताही तो सभी तरफ से है और सॉफ नज़र भी आ रही है. ऐसे मे कम से कम, अगर ये नेता लोग अस्पतालों मे खड़े हो कर, लोगों की हौसला अफज़ाई करते भी नज़र आ जाएँ तो लोगों को त्सल्ली हो जाती है कि चलो कुछ हो रहा है. लेकिन अगर ये बड़े नेता लोग, इस मुश्किल की घड़ी मे दिल्ली या देश से भी दूर निकल जाते हैं, तो इनकी नैतिकता पे सवाल उठना लाज़िमी है और ये लोग अपनी ज़िम्मेदारी से बच नही सकते.

B S Vohra
Social Activist

Monday, September 12, 2016

BYPL, BRPL, TPDDL consumers - Do you know ?

RTI reply :  The Electricity Code & Performance Standards 2007 says, "In case, the bill is received late and the time available for payment is less than fifteen days, the consumer may apply within two days of receipt of such bill for extension of due date and the Licensee shall extend the due date so as to allow fifteen clear days from the date of communication of grant of such extension".

अगर आपको, आपका बिजली का बिल देर से मिलता है तो आप अपनी बिजली कंपनी को लिख कर पूरे 15 दिनो का समय माँग सकते हैं. इस का लाभ यह होगा की एक तरफ तो आपको पूरे 15 दिनों का समय मिल जाएगा, दूसरी तरफ आपके ऊपर कोई लेट फी वाली पेनाल्टी भी नही लगेगी.

Image result for TPDDL   Image result for bypl

This is a clause in the Electricity Code & Performance Standards 2007, that is absolutely favourable to the consumers but I am sure, most of the Delhiites are quite unaware of this favourable regulation of the Delhi Electricity Supply Code & Performance standard, 2007 & if it is given due publicity, it will be beneficial for the consumers.

Best regards,

B S Vohra


Fogging done at Nav Rachna apartments in East Delhi !

SIR THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT ONE LOCAL LEADER OF AAM ADMI PARTY HAS SEEN MY POST IN YOUR BLOG/NEWS CHANNEL AND HE HAS IMMEDIATELY ARRANGED PRIVATE FOGGING WHICH WAS DONE ON 9.9.2016. I AM THANKFUL TO THEM THE FOGGING WAS ALSO DONE BY THEM IN JEEVAN BIMA  AND CHITRAKOOT APPARTMENT. 

WITH REGARD 
CHANDER MOHAN

Friday, September 9, 2016

No fogging done - Anand Vihar - T K Balu

Dears,

It is a pity that neither the EDMC nor the local administration has taken adequate care and concern about the public's welfare at large nor any advance anticipatory action had been taken to prevent the menace, which has since spread all over Delhi, particularly in East Delhi. To doubly confirm there is no house in Anand Vihar, which has not been affected by the present menace and no efforts have been made by the  EDMC or the Delhi Administration at any stage despite hue and cry! We wonder what our Govt. officials or the so called 'public representatives' are doing in the present precarious situation! Of course, all these politicians would come soon at your doorstep seeking your valuable votes for the next term to ruin further! We must teach them a lesson, which they should remember forever in their life time! What for they had come to public life - to enhance their status through various means at the cost of the public and live a lavish life!! We have not seen so far such a callous situation in EDMC area. Go anywhere you will find garbage piling up-. See the sight in front of schools in Anand Vihar. You could very well realise the state of affairs. How the children and teachers will escape from this menace when such is the precarious situation! No fogging done and no door to door inspection has been carried out to check the ground situation! Will anybody listen to the public hue and cry?

With regards,
TK Balu/Anand Vihar

Thursday, September 8, 2016

SOS over Fogging in Navrachna Appartments, East Delhi

SOS MESSAGE 

Every third house in the Navrachna Appartments, East Arjun Nagar, Delhi 110032 has a patient with FEVER. No Fogging done in the Appartment which comes under ward number 225 of MCD and Vishwas Nagar Constituency. Fogging must be done on Priority basis, IMMEDIATELY. Thanks. Chandramohan Dewani

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Monday, September 5, 2016

Differentiating Chikungunya from dengue

Chikungunya and dengue are both acute febrile illnesses characterized by fever, myalgia and lethargy. Some patients may also have maculopapular rash, nausea, vomiting, and headache.
 
Distinguishing features of chikungunya include potentially debilitating bilateral polyarthralgia and, in some cases, arthritis.
 
Although these signs and symptoms may assist in differentiating dengue and chikungunya, clinicians should include both illnesses in their differential diagnosis of patients with acute febrile illness.
 
Dengue should be ruled out in patients with acute febrile illness and suspected of having dengue or Chikungunya.
 
Evaluate patients for the warning signs of severe dengue such as persistent vomiting, severe abdominal pain, tachycardia, restlessness, hypotension, narrow pulse pressure. If present, patients should be hospitalized for close monitoring and management


Best regards,


Vinay Kapoor

Sunday, September 4, 2016

Enough power to meet NTPC shortfall, claims BSES


New Delhi: BSES on Friday claimed that Delhiites would not suffer from power cuts if NTPC decides to suspend supply of 450MW to discoms Rajdhani and Yamuna from Aravali Power Company Private Limited (APCPL) from Sunday.



A high-level meeting was held on Friday between the generation and distribution companies, a day after NTPC sent a regulation notice to BSES for non-payment of dues amounting to Rs 961.58 crore. While the companies are in talks about a settlement plan, BSES officials told TOI that they had backup plans ready in case plans did not materialise and they did not get 450MW power from the Aravali plant.
"The power demand between September and March in BSES areas ranges from 2,600-3,000MW. We have a long term power arrangement of around 3800MW for this period, apart from power banking with other states. In case of unforeseen circumstances, we will buy power from the exchange at economical rates," said a BSES spokesperson.




The discom said that power could also be commissioned from Delhi's plants at a short notice if there was a sudden gap in demand and supply. "Because of surplus power, plants like Bawana and Pragati are on standby. They can be restated at a short notice if the need arises," said the spokesperson.



APCPL, which is run by NTPC at Jhajjar, has been supplying power to the BSES power distribution firms since March 5, 2011.





The power allocated to them is 445 MW (372MW to Rajdhani and 73MW to Yamuna) and average monthly energy bill is about Rs 87 crore (Rs 73 crore to BRPL and Rs 14 crore to BYPL) for the current financial year.



with thanks : TOI : LINK